Sports Massage & Soft Tissue Therapy

Sports massage can help in the prevention and healing of injuries to the muscles and tendons. Sports massage can be used by athletes to prepare their bodies for optimal performance, recover after an event, or as maintenance during training periods.

However, you don’t have to be an athlete to benefit from sports massage!

It is usually beneficial for anyone with injuries, chronic pain or a restricted range of motion. Soft tissue therapy is usually a deeper massage that focusses on reducing tension and stiffness. The technique encourages blood to flow into the muscles, to oxygenate them and speed up their recovery. A treatment at LMT may focus on releasing knots and on a target area, for example a frozen shoulder or pulled hamstring, rather than giving a full-body massage. LMT often uses thermal and cryotherapy treatments to complement your treatment

Each client’s treatment plan at LMT will be tailored to them specifically. Communication is key, and regular dialogue will be required to make sure you gain the best out of each treatment. It can be uncomfortable at times due to the homing in on any problem areas, but it should never be painful.

The benefits of having a soft tissue / sports massage are vast! These include:

All treatments at Lucyna Massage Therapy should provide:

• Better flexibility and mobility (Motion is lotion!). Your range of motion and the mobility in your joints will be improved. This can then reduce the chance of an injury happening.

• Increasing blood flow – So that the tired and/ or injured muscles can recover.

• Breaking down scar tissue – Massage will help to break down the scar tissue, promoting correct, strong scar formation in the muscle. A build-up of scar tissue can cause tightness and weakness in the muscles. 

• Reducing tension –A sports massage will stretch and lengthen your muscles in a much deeper and possibly more specific way than when you stretch after running.

• Removal of metabolic waste products from tissues, reducing inflammation and swelling

• Pain relief

• Prevention of muscle fatigue

• Relaxation

• An Increase in well-being and performance

Massage is beneficial to more than muscles !

Muscles might be the richest benefactors of a massage, but, most people report a feeling of pure relaxation, reduced anxiety, enhanced attentiveness, and improved mood following a massage.